Louisa/Fort Gay Tri-Bridge

Tri-Bridges are 3-way bridges on which traffic crosses two water streams or a body of water/lake from 3 directions and one can travel from any direction to any direction. There are not many such bridges in the World. In 2009 I started searching for such bridges around the World and could find only a dozen such bridges which were included in the post - Tri-bridges Around the World.

Recently one of my reader (vldecker) sent me a link about another such bridge in Louisa, KY, USA.

The Louisa Louisa/Fort Gay Tri-Bridge at the confluence of Levisa and Tug Rivers is a T-shaped bridge. Opened in 1906, it is reportedly the only bridge in the U.S.A which not only spans two rivers but also connects two states (Kentucky and West Virginia), two counties (Lawrence County, Kentucky and Wayne County, West Virginia), and two cities (Louisa, Kentucky, and Fort Gay, West Virginia).

Its third arm in the center connects to a land mass in Louisa, KY which lies just upstream of the confluence point. This land mass is known as "The Point Section". Locals enjoy giving direction to stranger wanting to go to the Point section. In the words of my blog's reader vldecker;

'.... when someone from out of town asked directions to "The Point Section" it was always fun to tell them to "go to the middle of the bridge and turn right"....'

Image source: Google Maps

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Source of info: Comments by reader vldecker and Lawrence County Clerk's Web page

Credits: I am grateful to reader vldecker whose comments on my post brought this to my knowledge. I had missed this more than a century old bridge in my collection. Thank you vldecker.

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